SB20261022340 - Use-after-free in Linux kernel bluetooth
Published: October 22, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-98734)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause kernel memory corruption that may result in a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in the Linux kernel Bluetooth SCO and ISO schedulers when connection teardown overlaps transmission scheduling. A local user can trigger concurrent connection teardown and transmission scheduling to potentially cause a denial of service by accessing a connection freed after hci_low_sent() releases its RCU read lock.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/101825c09ad6b7daa6cf4c9e6b1720b13de15596
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1681f97afdf92e8557f2f3118ddc898471b5d299
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/848a7a91c7f03675d3bd8db6f7721cbf9cb50e21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecdb1c66d8e14e63731c52d6fbcfa604064913c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f997e03e2ef58aa7114828c9d924e515a9a1db9c